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Update on the diagnosis and management of Behçet’s disease Behcet's Disease has a somewhat "mysterious" prevalence, occurring almost exclusively among peoples originating along the ancient Silk Road.  As such, genetic…

Do's and Don'ts of Vaccination: a (Very) Brief Guide for Rheumatologists The five do's and don'ts when it comes to vaccinating your patients. rheumnow.com Vaccine Success is Limited in Rheumatoid…

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as a Claudication Back pain and radiating pain to the legs are the most common symptoms encountered in routine neurosurgical practice and usually originates from neurogenic…

Spinal Stenosis: Background, Anatomy, Pathophysiology Acute and chronic neck and lower back pain represents a major health care problem in the United States. An estimated 75% of all people will……

Viscosupplementation in Knee Osteoarthritis: Evidence Revisited ➢ The body of evidence surrounding the use of viscosupplementation in knee osteoarthritis is extensive and fraught with heterogeneous trials with conflicting conclusions. m.reviews.jbjs.org…

High Mortal Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Following Arthroplasty Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and post-MI fatality compared with the general population. At…

Overview of immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is… uptodate.com IgG4-Related Disease: a recently described disease, but its known clinical manifestations are from of old. Finally, after all…

WuXi AppTec & Juno Therapeutics Set Up Cell Therapy Company US-based biopharmaceutical Juno Therapeutics and China-based open-access R&D company, WuXi AppTec, have joined forces in setting up a cell therapy……

RS3PE revisited: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 331 cases Full Papers; Authors: Paras Karmacharya, Anthony A. Donato, Madan R. Aryal, Sushil Ghimire, Ranjan… www.clinexprheumatol.org RS3PE stands for Relapsing/Remitting Seronegative…

Identification of a novel chemokine-dependent molecular mechanism underlying rheumatoid arthritis-associated autoantibody-mediated bone loss m.ard.bmj.com While RA patients are at higher risk for Osteoporosis due to prolonged uncontrolled inflammation and steroid…